Unit 3 English Around the World

Topic 3 Could you give us some advice on how to learn English

well?

Section D

Discuss the following ways of learning English in groups, and then report your opinions.

preview, take notes, review

read a passage and retell

join the English club

read a good English newspaper

study grammar

speak with foreigners

keep a diary

How do you like these learning methods?

joining an English club

speaking with foreigners

reading English newspaper

keeping a diary

Helpful ? Interesting ? Difficult to follow ?

1a Read the passage and write a proper title

on the line. _____________________

You may choose one from the following statements:

A.Learning English by Listening to English Songs

B.Learning English by Watching Movies

C.Learning English with Fun

Learning English with Fun

Read 1a again and choose the best answer.

( )1. Student one prefers listening to English songs because _____.

A. It can help him improve his reading.

B. It is an effective way and full of fun .

C. He can pick some useful words before listening.

( )2. Student two advises us to _____ .

A. imitate the pronunciation of the actors.

B. choose a classical movie and enjoy it.

C. write down the dialogs while watching.

B

A

v. 模仿，仿效

adj. 有效的

1b Read 1a and complete the table.

Way Step Effect

listening to songs

1. ____ first and find out _____ the song is about.

2. ____ some words or phrases.

3. Use a __________ if necessary.

1._______ the listening.

2. Be _______ to study.

watching movies

1. _______ favorite movies.

2. Imitate the ______ pronunciation.

3. Have paper and a pen ______.

4. Write down _______ words or phrases.

Increase the number of _____ and understand __________ better.

By doing so, you will learn English ______ and do _______.

Read

happier

actors’words

ready

the dialogsuseful

faster better

Pick

dictionary

Improvewhat

Choose

Language Points

1. Then have paper and a pen ready as you may want to write down useful words or phrases. 准备好笔和纸，因为你也许想写下有用的单词和短语。

as “因为”，在此处作连词，表显而易见的原因。

e.g. 因为环境被严重污染，很多人都搬走了 .

As the environment is seriously polluted, many

people move away.

2. In this way, you can increase the number of words and understand the dialogs better.你就可以用这种方式增加词汇量并更好地理解对话。

in this way 用这种方式 in… way 用……的方式

e.g. 她用很礼貌的方式拒绝了我。

She refused me in a polite way.

the number of ……的数量，做主语时谓语动词用单数

a number of ……许多，大量，修饰可数名词的复数

e.g. ( ) In the past few years, _________ farmers move to the city,

and _________ them is increasing.

A. the number of, a number of B. a number of , the number of

C. the number of, the number of D. a number of, a number of

Language Points

B

What do the following words have in common?

widely foreigner impossible trader

speaker powerful stranger excited

differently expression totally sleepy

retell indirect preview discussion

Derivations

We add prefix or suffix to a word to form a new one.

Read through Sections A-C. Then group the words and fill in the blanks.

What do the following words have in common?

guidebook whenever whatever underline

toothpaste notebook textbook good-looking

everywhere blackboard something ourselves

headache overeat classroom kind-hearted

CompoundsWe put two words together to form a new

one.

Decide whether the following words are derivations

or compounds.

fireplace, discover, impossible, homeless, development,

indirect, exciting, illness, film-maker, retell, unhappy,

downstairs, snowy, granddaughter

Derivations: ____________________________________

____________________________________

Compounds: ____________________________________

homelessdiscover impossible development

indirect exciting illness retell unhappy snowy

fireplace film-maker downstairs granddaughter

Phrase Collection

be afraid of doing

make progress (in)

feel like doing

give up

be weak in

turn to sb.

take a deep breath

advise sb. to do

as often as possible

as long as

stick to doing

害怕做……在……取得进步想做某事放弃，戒掉在……薄弱向某人求助深呼吸建议某人做尽可能经常只要坚持做

Functions

Could you make yourself _____________ (understand/understood) in the USA?

I ______ (dare/dared) not speak English in public.

I’m sure that you will ______ (make/made) great progress as long as you stick to them.

understood

make

dare

I don’t know _______ (what/what to) do.

He is thinking about _________(where to/where) go.

Could you give us some advice on _______ (what to/how to) learn English well?

________ (How to/ Where to ) improve it was my biggest problem.

what to

where to

how to

How to

Wh-/How to do

疑问词 who, what, which, when, how 等与不定式连用，构成不定式短语，在句中作主语、宾语等。

Project

Solving English Learning Problems1. Work in groups of four to discuss your English

learning problems and give advice based on the table.Skill Problem Advice

listening

speaking

reading

writing

2. Each group member should choose one skill and

then write a paragraph based on your discussion.3. Each group should combine four paragraphs to

form a passage and share it in class.

1. Could you tell us ____________( 做什么 ) to protect the

environment?

2. ________________________ (什么时候开会 ) hasn’t bee

n decided.

3.The difficulty was ___________________ (怎样过河 ).

4. There are so many beautiful clothes and I don’t know

___________________ (选哪件 ).

5. I was wondering __________________________ (是否听他的意见 )。

what to do

When to have the meeting

how to cross the river

which one to choose

whether to follow his advice

A: What’s wrong, Jim? You look unhappy.B: Not good. I feel a little worried about my English.A: ______B: I’m not getting along well with it.A: ______ B: Well, I seldom have chances to meet English people.A: ______B: Where should I go?A: ______B: But ... it seems English people never speak to me.A: Ah! You should speak first.B: ______ A: The weather! English people are always interested in weather.

A. You should go to English Corner.B. What can I talk about?C. What’s the problem?D. Why so?E. You should go out more.

B

A

C

E

D

Summary1. Some words: easily, download, actually, effective imitate2. Some phrases: in this way, a number of, the number of3. Some sentences: (1)Then have paper and a pen ready as you may want to wri

te down useful words or phrases.(2) In this way, you can increase the number of words and understand the dialogs better.

1.Form new words and get its meaning based

on word formation.

fireplace, discover, homeless, downstairs

2.Understand many interesting study methods

in learning English and apply them.

3.Use the structure of wh-/how + to do.

1.Read 1a.

2.Memorize the useful expressions and key sentences which we learn in this topic.

3.Finish Section D in your workbook.

4.Review what we have learned in this unit.